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It's rare to find a film that goes for broke and says, 'To hell with the consequences.'

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Roger Ebert
Age: 70 †
Born: 1942
Born: June 18
Died: 2013
Died: April 4
Film Critic
Journalist
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Urbana
Illinois
Roger Joseph Ebert
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